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Mount WaverleyMount Waverley
Station information
Code MWY
Distance from
Flinders St
17.8 km
Operator Connex Melbourne
Lines Glen Waverley
# Platforms 2
# Tracks 2
Status Premium station
Metlink profile Link
Melway map Link
Metcard Zone 2

Mount Waverley is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Mount Waverley, on the Glen Waverley railway line. Mount Waverley is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2

Facilities

The station is located at the western end of the Stephensons Road rail underpass and between Miller Cresent and Hamilton Place, all providing platform access.

The station consists of two side platforms: Platform 1 (citybound) has a large brick building with an enclosed waiting room, a ticket office and toilets, while platform 2 (Glen Waverley bound) has a smaller brick building. A large Metcard machine is located inside the waiting room, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 2. An underpass is situated at the citybound end of the station.

History

Mount Waverley station opened on May 5, 1930. The station building was reconstructed in 1975.1 It was upgraded to Premium Station status on January 18, 19952, the first Premium station in Melbourne.

References

  1. ^ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962 - 1983, page 106. ISBN 0 9582069 3 3. 
  2. ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail (Australian Railway Heritage Society (Victorian Division)): page 310. October 1997. 



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